I checked out the gym again while Kirin brought 小雨 for water play in the ankle-deep wading pool. The air-conditioner was still switched off. There was just one man working out in the gym, who had left the glass door ajar (like Yang, he probably couldn't find the air-con controller as well).

Had a great workout on the strider, then the stationary bicycle. Kirin took a video of my back view while I worked on the former. Now I believed the gym trainer from the old gym I used to frequent, that I tend to turn in my knees a little when I stride. Bad posture.

I had been making "payment" for gym passes from my e-wallet as an ActiveSG member i.e. enjoying the facilities at the gym near our green home for free, since the launch of the ActiveSG initiative. Now, the nearest gym is merely three lift buttons (down + level + >> << ) away and there's no need to make payment prior to using the facilities. No reason to not exercise. ********************************************************************************************************** Attended the Parent-Teacher conference in preschool. Today, I learnt that 小雨 is a generous and giving girl. Which explains why one of the teachers gave her the title of "Miss Congeniality". She got a peck on her cheek from her 2nd BFF (a Eurasian girl) when her foot was a little trapped under the leg of the classroom table. Yesterday, in the midst of singing during morning assembly when the preschoolers and teachers sat in one big circle, her 1st BFF(a Chinese boy) crawled over to her and lightly bumped his forehead against 小雨's.

Affection for friends at 22 months+. Magical.

Also learnt that my Dinga doggie was kind of "bullied" on the day he went to school with 小雨, who was generous enough to let her friends mess with it. Sorry Dinga, 小雨 didn't expect or understand what happened to you then. I'm sure you wouldn't blame her too?

Kirin described 小雨 as a Duracell bunny with an everlasting battery life. And the Duracell bunny is finally napping in her car seat now.

She says "yoghurt" well now and learnt "PU-dding" as we shared a silky-smooth Mr Bean soya pudding. Amazed with how her shriek echoed in the bedroom, a few more shrieks followed after.

We played dancing with her tiny feet laid over mama's. Yes not only ＂﻿我的爸爸﻿＂, ＂我的妈妈＂does it too!

I love you in the morning And in the afternoon, I love you in the evening And underneath the moon...

She sang this song ♪Skidamarink♪ again.************************************************************************************************************Art-in-Yang's-yoghurt tonight is a cherry bicycle made of cherry slices and stalks. Frey was standing up, but fell onto the bed of grapes when I was drawing its eyes. It looked comfortable and happy lying down though, so I let it be.

Like Yang, Kirin didn't know how to ride a bicycle, not before we got married. One day, he decided that we would learn cycling together (despite my reluctance), from an instructor who guarantees one could cycle in four lessons. Somehow, I was quite sure I would ruin his track record.

Into the 3rd lesson, the instructor told me I had held the bicycle too tightly. A little more strength I exerted on either the left or right handlebar, caused the bicycle to fall over that side.

He taught me to just gently place my hands on the handlebars, look ahead of where I wanna go, then keep pedalling. Whenever I need to deviate from a straight path, I twist the bicycle but never, never exert undue strength on the handlebars.

I heeded his advice to relax my hands and focus on the destination. While I still falter occasionally, I was able to balance and get the two-wheel vehicle moving forward and turning around, at the end of the 4th lesson. Phew! I didn't ruin his track record!

﻿***********************************************************************************************************In life, I tend to hold onto things tightly, and couldn't bear to let go, like the way I held the bicycle handlebars initially. As such, I couldn't balance my various roles well and falter at times. I know I need to learn to let go, so I could move a little faster to where I wanna be.